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Testing and validation of adhesive materials

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Hypothesis: Can different Radioss material formulations be calibrated to the same experimental adhesive response—and, if so, do they remain equivalent when applied to structural loading? Objectives 1. Calibration: Obtain equivalent representations of the same epoxy 2. Verification: Compare tensile and shear simulations against experiments 3. Structural validation: Test peeling and T-frame behavior 4. Model-selection: Understand when each formulation is appropriate

By Daniel Campos Murcia and Brian Croop, Applus+ DatapointLabs

Presented by Daniel Campos Murcia at the OpenRadioss Users' Day 2026, September 2, 2026; Coventry, UK

AdhesivesAltair RADIOSSMechanicalPresentationsStructural AnalysisValidation

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DatapointLabs

DatapointLabs Technical Center for Materials is a US-based center of excellence for the measurement of physical properties of materials needed for product development, CAE, and R&D. With our testing services and software for materials, we help companies build enduring data collections that accurately represent the materials used in their products.

To date, more than 30,000 materials have flowed through the laboratory, providing data for over 1,200 companies around the world, including automotive, aerospace, appliance, biomedical, consumer products, electronics, and material supplier verticals. DatapointLabs offers TestPaks to provide CAE-ready material properties data for most major simulation software packages.

In 2018, DatapointLabs joined the Applus+ Group, a worldwide leader the testing, inspection and certification sector. In 2020, DatapointLabs celebrated 25 years of putting materials into product design.

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